Debt At "Rs 40,000 Crore", Telangana Buys 32 Costly Cars For Officers

Monday, 14 June 2021Newsdesk

Thirty-two Additional District Collectors of Telangana are in for a pandemic-time bonanza. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has bought them 32 Kia Carnival cars, each costing an estimated Rs.25-30 lakh each.

New Delhi, 14 June 2021

As per news report of NDTV, this at a time when the state is reeling under a debt of around Rs.40,000 crore, besides battling the debilitating Covid pandemic, opposition leaders have alleged.Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inspected the vehicles after which the cars were flagged off on Sunday by Telangana Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar in the presence of the state Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and other officials at Pragati Bhavan, the Chief Minister's residence in Hyderabad.The BJP has called the move "criminal splurge" by Chief Minister Rao to "appease bureaucrats" in the state.

Source -NDTV